Novel Boss
Chapter 8: High Chimera (2)
"MASTER LENO I BEG YOU PLEASE KEEP THE BEAST IN PLACE FOR A FEW SECONDS!" shouted James.
Leno, who was already struggling to fight, continued to fight as if he didn't know how to do it, he didn't think it would work, he was a great warrior, the only one chosen by Persephone, he couldn't put anyone in danger for no reason, and this thought just lingered on the surface, until suddenly the voices rang in his ears:
"COMMANDER LENO PLEASE LISTEN TO HIM!"
"PLEASE, COMMANDER!"
"I'M SURE HE'LL HELP YOU!"
Leno seemed to be trying to understand what was happening. He had never seen the Knights like this in almost a month since the war had started, almost a month of constant defence of the city, but in just one day the barriers had collapsed and the city gate had been breached.
This had caused Leno to see a lot of deaths, even such an excellent commander was about to lose his mind, but this young man just to his left somehow gave him perfect confidence, on top of that, the fact that the knight captains around him were shouting at Leno to trust James gave the commander a strange feeling.
"Oh....this feeling...I can understand it," Leno suddenly thought. He clearly remembered the last time he had felt this bright feeling of excitement.
"Lady Persephone....you want me to listen to him?" said Leno in an incredibly small voice.
With that, a sudden energy began to rise in the centre of the battlefield. Most of the monsters fell to the ground and the knights were shaken.
High Chimera had to jump back a few steps and fear filled his eyes.
Leno was burning with an incredible aura. Unlike Persephone's hair, this golden image seemed to resemble not the sun but the golden wheat in the harvest season. Nevertheless, while this image frightened the hearts of all monsters, it managed to set the hearts of friends on fire.
The fallen monsters began to be killed one by one.
It had all happened so fast, perhaps over three hundred monsters had been killed in just fifteen seconds, and every one of them had been thanks to whatever Leno had done.
Yet there was a sudden pessimism in James' heart because he didn't think such power would come for free. He didn't believe that he couldn't.
"I mustn't let what you've done go to waste!" James thought, and with that came the expected shout:
"GET READY YOUNG MAN!"
The moment Leno uttered those words, he had reached the High Chimera with incredible speed and pinned him by the shoulders onto Persephone's statue.
It was so fast that Leno managed to reach the statue even though they were almost 200 metres away from where they were fighting.
"SKYAAAA!!!"
High Chimera was screaming but to no effect, trying to injure Leno with its claws but to no effect. Leno literally wouldn't let go of the High Chimera.
James followed them and soon arrived at the statue, took out the card from his sub-space and tore it.
Realising that his sword was glowing, James grabbed Clarent incredibly tightly and then ran towards the High Chimera.
He used the ability from the void ring and accelerated his speed.
However, there was so much blood on the ground that his footprints were leaving footprints where he stepped, his eyes were shining with perfect determination and his blood was exploding with perfect adrenaline.
"PIERCE!" James suddenly shouted and plunged Clarent into the High Chimera's throat.
Even though Leno couldn't understand what was happening, when he looked at the sword stabbed into the throat of the High Chimera struggling for life, which he was holding in front of him right next to him, he could see a power just like his own blessing.
It was obvious that the sword was blessed, and the possibility that the one belonging to this sword might also be blessed made his heart race, but unfortunately, just like the High Chimera, his life was nearing its end.
The High Chimera suddenly burst into flames and stared at the statue where it was impaled with a sword like Clarent.
He was trying to get rid of the sword, but every time he tried to touch Clarent, his screams increased several notches and his claws dried up and fell to the ground.
"What's going on?" James muttered calmly, as the sword's description said nothing of the sort.
After a short time, the expected happened, the High Chimera stopped moving and windows opened in front of James that he had not expected to see:
[Unique Achievement Won!
Hunt a member of a superior evolved race for the first time.
You get a chance to choose a card.]
[Rare Achievement Won!
Witness the Blessed one's fight for life.
You have earned the chance to choose a card.]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've Leveled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've levelled up!]
[You've leveled up!]
James was trying to close the windows, two cards had already formed in front of him and on top of that he had managed to pass 12 levels in a row, a huge number, even with all the monsters he had killed he realised how difficult it was to level up.
He had no idea how many times the High Chimera had evolved and reached that level, but since he had managed to jump 12 levels in a row, this monster he had managed to kill must have been something of enormous power.
"4 points went to the Agility stat...3 points went to the Luck stat and 5 points went to the Endurance stat, with James could feel the muscles in his whole body changing again, his body ached tremendously, it was as if all his muscles were changing.
Meanwhile, looking at the cards in front of him, James realised that this time, unlike before, there were three cards in front of him.
There were 3 purple cards from the Rare achievement and 2 red and one purple card from the Unique achievement.
James couldn't quite understand what was going on, only one card from his previous achievement had popped out, and he was very confused.
However, he realised that he shouldn't be worrying about it right now. He chose a purple card and a red card, and two items appeared in his hand.
This was something he had never expected.